AnyForm 5.0 - User Guide and FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions - AnyForm

1. What are the minimum system requirements for AnyForm?
   PC Pentium, 16MB RAM, Windows-supported printer plus a TWAIN compatible scanning device, if you want to scan original paper forms and define them as AnyForm Templates. Alternatively you can also import the following graphic file formats directly into AnyForm: GIF, BMP, PNG and JPG.
   
   
2. What has to be done, when you open an AnyForm Form and the warning: template *.aft could not be opened, images are not appears?
   Go to File Menu -> Options -> General. There you see a dialog-box, where you have to type in the exact directory, in which you have stored your AnyForm Templates, e.g. c:\Program Files\AnyForm\Templates. If you leave this dialog-box blank, AnyForm does not know where to search the required AnyForm Template on your PC!
   
   
3. How can I use AnyForm on a Client-Server network?
   Install AnyForm on each PC (Client) of your network separately and store all AnyForm files (Templates und Forms) only on your server (Host). By this you can access and administer all AnyForm files from each Client of your network easily.
   
   
4. Which databases does AnyForm support?
   AnyForm supports all databases, which do have an ODBC-interface, like MS Excel, MS Access, Oracle, Informix, Sybase etc.
   
   
5. What is the difference between an AnyForm Template (*.aft) and an AnyForm Form (*.aff)?
   AnyForm Template, marked by a red icon on the upper left corner of the screen, is a variable template, which can be altered any time by adjusting for instance the size, the attributes (text, number or date) and the fonts of the respective fields or by altering the underlying arithmetic function according to your personal needs.
   
   AnyForm Form, marked by a green icon on the upper left corner of the screen, is an unvariable template, which cannot be altered and in which you can fill the data content of the form by jumping with the tab-key from field to field. Each AnyForm Form is based on a corresponding AnyForm Template. Therefore in an AnyForm Form you can only alter the content of a field, but not the field with its attributes as such. By this it is guaranteed that the structure of the form is not being overwritten or deleted when you fill out the AnyForm Form with data.